Ngqika (A Xhosa Chief)
- Authors: Jury Mpelho , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135900 , vital:37310 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR027-03
- Description: The song is about the cattle of Ngqika, a famous Xhosa chief, and how beautiful they were. "We, the Africans of Ngqika, we pay our lobola in cattle. Our cattle are beautiful with well-shaped spreading horns, and we drive them like this, like this. (senjenje, senjenje) to the kraal of the girl's father." Town dance with small band including a piano, saxaphone, trumpet, guitar and drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Magwala ndini
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Steel drum (Musical instrument) , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111344 , vital:33440 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC123a-06
- Description: Topical song with guitar and steel drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Makube njalo
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Music--Religious aspects , Guitar , Drum , Organ music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109855 , vital:33196 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC118a-02
- Description: Religious song with guitar, organ and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Nonkala (The crab)
- Authors: Jury Mpelho , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135934 , vital:37314 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR027-06
- Description: The crab, being a water animal, is this case, a river crab, is being addressed as a diviner. The Xhosa believe their ancestral spirits inhabit streams. Topical song with dance band including saxaphone, double bass, guitar and drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Siwelile
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/108729 , vital:33010 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC113b-08
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Hey wena nyana wami mukusudlala
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/108233 , vital:32948 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC112a-03
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Usukukhala
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109343 , vital:33125 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC116a-04
- Description: Topical song with bass guitar and steel pan drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Zingelo zesincani
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/108342 , vital:32960 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC113a-02
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Bavumeleni abantwana beze kumi
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Music--Religious aspects , Steel drum (Musical instrument) , Bass guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109512 , vital:33150 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC117a-06
- Description: Religious song with bass guitar and steel pan drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Ndiyeza
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107804 , vital:32896 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC108b-07
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Sibulalana ngani
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical songs , Guitar , Organ music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/108894 , vital:33036 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC114b-01
- Description: Song with guitar and organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Abantu baphelile ngenxa yotshwala
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/108614 , vital:32996 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC113b-04
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Title not specified
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Drum , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107953 , vital:32917 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC109b-05
- Description: Topical song with guitar and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Babulalana bodwa
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109360 , vital:33127 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC116a-06
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Thandazanini eNkosini
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Music--Religious aspects , Guitar , Organ music , Drum , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109298 , vital:33121 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC115a-08
- Description: Religious song with guitar, drum and organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Babalasi (The hangover)
- Authors: Irene Buyiswa Ndumo, Jury Mpelho , Jury Mpelho , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135957 , vital:37318 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR027-08
- Description: This is about a certain coloured man who suffered from such a permanent hangover (babalasi) that he couldn't eat. He got so thin that his trousers were flapping around him. Topical song with dance band.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Molweni
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Bass guitar , Drum , Organ music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110780 , vital:33333 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC120a-02
- Description: Topical song with organ, bass guitar and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Wandimoshayo
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Bass guitar , Steel drum (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107859 , vital:32901 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC109a-05
- Description: Topical song with bass guitar and steel pan drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Buya thandile
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Love song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107895 , vital:32907 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC109a-09
- Description: Love song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Vukani bo
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical song , Bass guitar , Drum , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107714 , vital:32870 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC108a-05
- Description: Topical song with guitar, bass guitar and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987